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CiFTR - a work shift management software
CiFTR (JP) (pronounced as shifter) is a software to manage a complicated work shift of part time employees. In Japanese restaurant industry, most waiting staffs are part-time workers with a …
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Golf Digest Online Suspended Its Service due to Malicious Attacks
Golf Digest Online (GDO in short) suspended the entire service because they found malicous attacks and the website tampered. GDO is a subsidiary of a golf magazine publisher, and one of Japan’s …
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A report of ESPer2008 conference
ESPer2008 conference has been held with 100+ attendees in Shinagawa, Tokyo at 14th September 2008. ESPer is a conference held by alumni of the Mitoh software grant (Exploratory Software Project) (in …
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Two Japanese startups launch at TechCrunch50
OpenTrace is a service that “Traces items through the supply chain and adds them together to show the impact of products on the environment” (from TechCrunch). OpenTrace is run by Rinen …
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Hatsugen komachi - an anonymous online forum for women
In Japan, 2channel (2ch) is the biggest anonymous online forum, and they are very notorious for its unregulated contents. Hatsugen komachi (Komachi) is another huge anonymous online forum with 100 …
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Twitter-like Mixi Echo keeps going
Despite of Twitter’s founder Evan Williams’ unplesant, Mixi’s microblogging feature “Mixi Echo” one month trial is announced to be extended for “uncertain …
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Facebook will possibly fail in Japan
Last month I was asked some comments on how Facebook will do in Japanese market by other media. Unfortunately my comments were not taken so I post my answers here. What is the biggest obstacle for …
